EAST COAST LADIES KENNEL ASSN New Zealand

Anne Lacey (Committee / Newsletter Editor / Webmaster') I bought my first Pembroke Welsh Corgi in 1975 and was initially involved in Obedience, training 2 CDX qualifiers. The second of these was also my first 'show' bitch who is still behind all the present-day Kelbryn Pems - some 9+ generations back.
While competing in the Obedience arena I served as Secretary, Treasurer and Test Secretary of my club and was also Test Secretary for the NDOA (Obedience's equivalent of the National Dog Show) when it was hosted in Napier many years ago.

Judy Tonkin (Treasurer / Show Secretary) My involvement with pedigree dogs goes way back, as my Mother had Cocker Spaniels for some time in the fifties. I remember showing at a couple of the first National Shows. After I was married and had my daughters, dogs took a back seat for some years. Our first cavalier was born in 1978, and we are still owned by cavaliers today.
I seem to have been involved in committees in one shape or form forever. Before we moved to Hawkes Bay in 1983 I was the secretary of the Central Cavalier Club in Wellington, and have been the Secretary

Debbie Tonkin (Committee) Cavaliers have been part of my life since I was ten years old, when I got my first one, a tricolour dog, as a pet. A friend suggested to Mum that I should take him to a Ribbon Parade. He won and I have been hooked ever since. Of course the follow on from showing other peoples' breeding is to breed your own, so our Kennel name, Krista Vahl, and our first litter was born.
We have been lucky enough to have bred some nice dogs over the years. Our first litter produced our first Specialty Best in Show winner. Since then we have bred and shown, one of the breeds' six Grand Champions, (Gr Ch Krista Vahl Just Trouble aka Weeman) and another who nearly made the title (Ch Krista Vahl Totally Evil aka Flossy).

I am a Life Member of the Central Welsh Corgi League and have been a Committee member, Treasurer, Show Secretary, Newletter Editor for the League, and currently Webmaster.
Although not a founding member of ECLKA committee I have been a club member from the early days and on the Committee for most of those, and have served as Vice President, Acting Secretary & Show Secretary for the Open Show.
I recently finished working as the Admin Manager at APN Print, originally starting with the old HB Herald Tribune 28 years ago.

of the East Coast Cavalier Club since the mid eighties. I am the current President of the Heretaunga Plains Toy Dog Society. Although not at the inaugural meeting I have been a member of ECLKA since 1996, and a committee member since 1998.
At home I have been the 'kennel maid', and chief chopper upper of the dog food, and holder of the lead at the shows. I was the head of the bathing department, but these days Debbie has added that title to her resume. She now has to wash them as well as show them at the few shows we attend.
Now that I am officially retired I enjoy spending the time with the dogs. I also enjoy being involved with the various committees I am on, and the contact with the many good friends I have made in the dog world.

These days we are only showing locally, but are pleased to have bred ECLKA's 2006-07 Dog Of The Year winner, the tricolour dog, Ch Krista Vahl A Class Above, who recently claimed his title.
I have been the Treasurer of the East Coast Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club and the Heretaunga Plains Toy Dog Society for many years, and am enjoying my sixth year on the committee of ECLKA.
I work as a Legal Secretary in Napier

Carolyn Symmans (Committee) I have been involved with dogs since early childhood. My late mother Verity Logan of then Longdrive Kennels exhibited Boxers, Labradors and later she imported the first Pair of Afghan hounds into NZ in 1959. I used to help her exhibit these at the shows.
My first child handler win at a show was 1955 at the Ruahine show when I handled a Boxer.
Later my mother and late step father went into the hotel management business and then retired to Waipatu, just out of Hastings, where my mother started breeding Australian Terriers under the Kiriona

prefix.
In the 70's I conducted show training on my parent's front lawn and later moved to the Hastings showgrounds and then to Clive on the riverbank I used to get big numbers of potential exhibitors and some older ones with problem exhibits. I enjoyed that part a lot.
I have been involved with breeding Italian Greyhounds, later Skye Terriers then, after having a farm bike accident, I moved on to breeding Chihuahuas, which I am still doing. I exhibit them at occasional shows and have been doing very well, with one made into a NZ Ch after 11 shows.
I am currently on the NZKC Judges' Panel, licensed for Ribbon Parades, Open Shows and Groups 2 & 4 at Champ show level.
I delight in helping the new exhibitor and many times I have seen the newer folk floundering with the show system and have quietly taken them under my 'wing' and showed them what to do etc. This has been mostly done at shows, usually in a quiet spot behind parked cars or such, and it has been appreciated. Frequently these folk have acknowledged what I have done for them years down the track.
I am a foundation member of East Coast Ladies Kennel Assn and I have seen over the years that the club has become strong and to my mind is one of the most friendly and relaxed clubs about, of which I am proud.
Now that I am a committee member I do hope I can put back in what the club has done for me over the years.

David French (Vice-President) I am an electronics technician working in the computer field, married to Lyn and have 2 daughters and a son.
My introduction to dogs was slow; as a teen, a friend had a GSD, and then as a young adult, it was one of Brian Townsend's Dachshunds.
Lyn and I rescued a young Rottweiler, and our daughter decided to get an Affenpinscher. 6mths later we introduced a Sheltie into our family.

We showed both of these boys to title with the Affenpinscher "Ch Wee-Willy Wagtail of Aphpyn" amassing well over 100CCs. The Sheltie "Ch Rolled Gold Of Cobberland" was awarded ECLKA Working DOTY and overall DOTY 2004-2005.
We rescued a young neutered Affenpinscher, then soon after another Sheltie joined our family. Affenpinscher number 3 arrived and our showing continued with him and the younger Sheltie. Affenpinscher "Ch Aphpyn Jumpin Jak-Flash" awarded Best Toy and Runner up DOTY; and Sheltie "Ch Beaucourt Outta My Dreams" runner up Best Working 2009-2010. I also was stunned to be awarded exhibitor of the year 2009-2010.

Sandy Gilbert (Committee) I have been involved with dogs from a very early age, as my parents bred/showed Rough Coated Collies.
German Shepherds were my breed, until I discovered and fell in love with the Rhodesian Ridgeback in 1981.
I am licensed to judge Ribbon Parades, Open Shows and Group 4 (Hounds) at Championship level.

Kathy Sloane (Committee) As a child I used to be terrified of dogs!! I would cross the street if there was one on the side I was walking down, even if it was behind a fence!! I lost some of my fear after spending time on the farm with my cousins and then, when my kids were about 9 & 11, we got a pedigree Pembroke Corgi who was a wonderful friend.
Cally, our first Swedish Vallhund, was a Christmas present for Greg from me back in 2004. We had originally planned on just having a family dog and got Sirius a year later as a companion for Cally. He was neutered as he was a � brother. Cally had 2 litters before we decided get into showing so I have only been in the show world for 2 � years. In that short time I have made some very good friends who are very supportive and great at giving helpful advice about showing and developing good breeding lines!!
Cally (Ch Valkrista Maid Marion) was Best of Breed at the 2010 Nationals and both she and her daughter Bobbie are NZ Champions. Cally has also done well in Obedience with Greg. We are now